#3EB5DC#3EB5DC

#3EB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5DC
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -20.31, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 35.50, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0841 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.117 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4234, 39.2355, 73.6134)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5DC #DC653E

analogous

#3EDCB4 #3EB5DC #3E66DC

triadic

#3EB5DC #DC3EB5 #B5DC3E

tetradic

#3EB5DC #B43EDC #DC653E #66DC3E

square

#3EB5DC #B43EDC #DC653E #66DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB5DC #DC3E66 #DCB43E

monochromatic

#196C87 #2295BB #3EB5DC #72C9E5 #A6DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3EB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5DC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5DC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbe7',
    500: '#3eb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5dc;
$custom-light: #88cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5DC

secondary

#DCAA9A

accent

#673CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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